bluntly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb in a blunt direct manner
    brusquely; bluffly; roundly; flat out.
    • he spoke bluntly
    • he stated his opinion flat-out
    • he was criticized roundly

WordNet


Blunt"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.
    Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey.

Webster 1913